Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir 1964 - 2006

Vidal, Gore

ISBN 10: 0233988912 / ISBN 13: 9780233988917

Edité par Little, Brown,, London, 2006

A propos de cet article

Hardback. 435pp. Memoir from the American novelist. Integral black and white photographs. Very clean and bright. Near fine copy in near fine dust wrapper.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir 1964 - 2006
• Éditeur: Little, Brown,, London
• Date de parution: 2006
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0233988912
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780233988917
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette

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Synopsis

Published to celebrate his 70th birthday, the memoirs of the American writer, from his childhood as the grandson of a blind southern senator, through to the establishment of his literary career in 1964.

Biographie de l'auteur

Gore Vidal (1925–2012) was born Eugene Luther Vidal, later adopting the surname of his grandfather, Senator Thomas Gore, as his first name. Well known as a novelist, an essayist, a playwright, and a social and political commentator, he was the author of numerous novels—the first, Williwaw, written when he was twenty-one—as well as scripts for film, television and the stage, including the extremely successful The Best Man and Visit to a Small Planet. His other novels include Myra Breckenridge (1968), as well as thehistorical novels in the series Narratives of Empire, which includes Burr (1973), 1876 (1976), Lincoln (1984), Empire (1987), Hollywood (1990), and The Golden Age (2000). He won the National Book Award in 1993 for his book of essays, United States: Essays (1952–1992).